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Phase of the action. primary schools across scotland are closed today. tomorrow it will be the turn of secondary schools, and then from monday, unless an agreement is reached in the meantime, a rolling series of strikes across different regions of scotland, heading through into the start of february. the teaching unions want a 10% pay rise. local authorities and the scottish government are offering five, up to 6.85% for those on the lowest pay. the scottish government have had until november 20 seconds the scottish government have had since november 22nd when the last offer was brought and rej...

Up to 6.85% for those on the lowest pay. the scottish government have had until november 20 seconds when the last offer was brought and rejected to bring something substantial back to the table in order but today's action could be averted, and they have not done that. -- 22 —— 22 november. we have teachers on picket lines when they should be in classrooms. the scottish government says there is simply no more money. fairness is a really important principle here, i value the teaching workforce, they do an incredible job, but we have limited resources and are trying to operate fairly, so the ...

For the money. it was all because we wanted to work with kids. we are only asking forl fair pay, nothing more. we do go above and - beyond for our children. scottish teachers held their biggest strike in decades last november. this is the next phase of the action. primary schools across scotland are closed today. tomorrow it will be the turn of secondary schools, and then from monday, unless an agreement is reached in the meantime, a rolling series of strikes across different regions of scotland, heading through into the start of february. the teaching unions want a 10% pay rise. local authori...

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It's just going to be a worrying day. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers in scotland receive a rise of up to 6.85%. it's more than the previous 5% offer, but it's well below the 10% rise that unions want. a 10% increase isjust unaffordable for the scottish government. we have a fixed budget. it is already fully utilised for this year. so to do anything that would increase the resolution that we have on this would mean that money would have to come from elsewhere. so i'm very disappointed that we're moving to strike action. it's disruption for our children and youn...